Dear Sam Wanamaker
1 October 2024
Sam, you must be turning in your grave. Twenty-three years of effort by you to honor the Bard and the end result is well-intentioned but
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122 Women
1 August 2024
My current research project is to find and document the stories of 122 women who lived and worked in the local Gippsland region in the
Environmentally Thoughtful Life
1 July 2024
The concept of an environmentally conscious household is not a new one—it just used to be called ‘good housekeeping’. Our grandmother washed pieces of used
A Modern Day Horror Story
1 June 2024
The banking industry should be heartily applauded for their security systems to stop cyber crime which now makes it nearly impossible for genuine account owners
The Night of Noisy Men
1 May 2024
A girlfriend and I ordered drinks and sat on stools at the front of a small bar. We chatted for about ten minutes when the
Cat & Pigeons
1 April 2024
Recently, I was giving a talk about my book The Newcomer’s Dictionary at a local library. In conversation with one of the audience members, I
Joyce Agee
Writing can magically transport us anywhere. My blog looks at the experiences of being an expat newcomer; life in a small town in regional Australia, and what the world looks like living ‘down under’.